Infant&#39;s combination-carrier.



A. HELLFRITZSCH.

INFANTS COMBINATION CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE15, 1914.

1,139,762. Patented May 18, 1915.

HE NORRIS FETERS CO PHOTO-LITHO.. WASHINGTON. D C.

ALBIN HELLFRITZSCH, or MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

INFANTS COMBINATION-CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent;

Patented May 18, 1915.

Application filed June 15, 1914. Serial No. 845,068.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBIN HELLFR'ITzsoH, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Infants Combination-Carriers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in infants combination carriers.

The object of my invention is to provide an infants carrier, which is capable'of being separated into individual units, readjusted and re-combined, or the units separately used, for the performance of a variety of functions, whereby the device, (or separable units thereof), may be used as an ordinary chair, as a high chair, a swing, a baby walker, a table, as a combined table and chair, or as an indoor push cart.

In the drawingsFigure 1 is a side elevation of a device embodying my invention as it appears when used as a chair, suitable hanger connections being illustrated in con-' nection therewith, which are adapted to be employed when the device is adapted to be used as a swing. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same as it appears when reorganized and used as a combined chair and table, or indoor push cart. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the chair unit, together with a fragment of the baby walker. Fig. 4- is a detail view from the underside, of the top ring of the baby walker and the table unit assembled for use, with the fastenings in connecting position, and the standards broken away. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the suspensory or swing unit.

Like parts are identified by the same reference characters throughout the several views.

My device is composed primarily of four units-a baby walker unit, a table unit, a

chair unit, and a suspensory or swing unit. The baby walker unit comprises a pair of ringsl and 2 connected with each other by a series of standards 3. The lower ring 1 is larger in diameter than the upper ring 2 and is provided with a set of casters 5.] This unit may be employed as an ordinary baby size to allowthe body of any ordinary infant to pass through it, the ring supporting the infants body'with its feet resting upon the floor as is common with so called baby walkers.

The standards 3 are provided with hooks 7, adapted to support a table top member 8. Said top is preferably circular in form and is adapted to be adjusted between the standards 3, as shown in Fig. 1, with its margins engaged by said hooks 7. This table top 8 is preferably provided with raised side margins 9 to retain'articles placed upon the table. The under surface of the table top member is provided with a depending'circular member 11, which is adapted to enter thering 2, when said top member 8 is unhooked from the standards 3 and superposed upon the ring 2 with member 11 registering with the opening in said ring. The lower surface of the member 11 will then be flush with the bottom of the ring 2. Locking bolts let, supported in suitable bearing .clips 15 on the under surface of the bearing member 11, may then be shifted, as indicated in Fig. 41:, with the bolts projecting into engagement in socketed clips 17 secured to the under surface ofthe ring 2, thereby connecting the table top with the top ring 2 of the baby walker, so that it cannot be accidentally dislodged.

The chair unit is adapted to be substituted for the table top member or unit upon the baby walker ring 2. The chair unit comprises a seat 20 provided with legs 21 connected with a base ring 22, having casters 24: secured to the base ring 22 by downwardly projecting foot pieces 25. The chair back and arms are formed of an ordinary walker, the upper ring 2 being of sufficient I I so bow shaped bar 27, connected with the seat by supporting rungs 28. I 29 is a shelf guard of ordinary type, havns 1 6 enl r ed to the b w 5 at 30 an x the other deta'chably connected with the op po g xtr m ty f h ow 27 a The chairseat 20 is providedwith a set f C nn ting memb ch as eye screw 33. i whic snap ho ksfifi re adapte to 'be detachably engaged. The snap hooks are connected with hangers 36, which may be composed of ropes, or any other suitable suspensory devices. These are preferably connected With a ring 37, whereby the device may be suspended from an over-head support. r a

The base 22 of the chair is provided with a circular ehannel'38, which is adapted to receive the ring 2 of the baby walker. The channel is of suhicient depth so that the under surface of the ring 2 will be flush with the under surface of the base 22, when the ring is in said groove 88. Inthis position the chair and baby Walker maybe secured together by locking bolts 39 carried by the chair base. Theselockingbolts and their supports are similar to those carried by the table member 11 and they are adapted to engage the clips 17 on the under surface of the ring 2 in the same manner; Whenthe chair is thus superposed and secured to the baby walker, the latter serves as a stand and the combined units will constitute a high chair,

as illustrated in Fig.1. When the chair unit is removed from this superposedposition on the baby walker, it is adapted to be readjusted at the side of the latter as illustrated in Fig.2, with the base 22,0 5 the chair over-lapping the'base' ring l of the "baby walker. The foot members 25; are of sufli V i p cient height to allow the chair casters 24 to rest upon the floor and support thebase22 out of contact with the base ring 1. The

hooks 7 on two of the standards 3, may then engage the front eye screws 33] on'the chair seat to lock the chair and baby walker together. The table unit will then be superposed on the baby walker, as also shown in unit adjustable to either a, superposed position of the baby walker unit or to a suspended position within the babywalker unit, and means for securing said table top unit in either position, substantially as described. 2. An infants combination carrier, 'including a baby Walker unit, a table top unit adjustable to either a superposed position of the baby walker-unit or to a suspended position within'the baby walker unit, means vfor securing said table top unit in either position, and a chair. unit interchangeable with the table top unit in said superposed position, substantially as described;v

3. An ,infants combination carrier, in-

cluding a baby walker unit; a table top unit adjustable to either a superposed position ofthe baby walker unit or to a suspended position within'the baby walker unit, means for securing said table top Lmit in either position, and a chair unit interchangeable with the table'top unit in said superposed posi-- tion, said chair unit and said baby walker Lmit each having a baseprovided with casters, the castersupon the chair unit being spaced from the base sufliciently to support the base from a floorat a higher level than the base of the baby walker unit, and the baby walker unit base being apertured to permit" one or more of the casters on the chair base to pass through it, when said bases are adjusted in. interacting relation, together with means for connecting the chair unit and baby walker unit above the bases when in such relation, substantially as described. I

4; The combination of a babywalker unit provided with a caster supported base ring and also having atop ring, a chair unit provided with a base having an annular 7 channel thereln to receive the top mug of the baby walker unit, and casters connected with said' chair unit base and adapted to support the latter at a sutticientheight to allow it to overlap the base ring of the baby walker unit when the casters on both units are supported directly from the floor, where-l by'said' units may "interlap to form a combined chair and table, substantially as'described.

5., The combination of a baby walker unit provided with a caster supported base ring,

a chair unit provided with a caster sup ported base adapted to lap over one side of the baby walker base, and'means for connecting the chair unit and baby Walker unit 7 above their'bases, together with a table top unit normally connected with the baby 2 walker unit intermediate of its top and'bot- 'tom, and adapted to be adjusted to a superposed position upon the baby walker unit to constitute a table, substantially as de-" scribed.

6. The combination of a baby walker unit provided with a caster supported base ring, a chair unit provided with a caster supported base adapted to lap over one side of the baby walker basey'and means for connecting the chair unit and baby walker unit above their bases, together with a table top unit normally connected with the babywalker unit intermediate of its top and bottom, and adapted to be adjusted to a superposed position uponv the babywalker unit to constitute a table, said chair unit being interchangeable with the table top unit in.

the-[superposed position upon the baby walker, and said table top unit and chair unit being each provided with means for locking it in such. superposed position.

7. The combination with a chair unit providedwitha base having an annular channel therein, and a supporting member provided resting upon the floor substantially as de With a ring adapted to engage in said chanscribe 1o nel, locking devices adapted to detachably In testimony whereof I aflix my signature connect said base and ring against accidental in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

displacement, said chair unit and the sup- ALBIN HELLFRITZSCH. porting member being each provided with Witnesses:

casters, and means for detachably connecting LEVERETT C. WHEELER,

said units for mutual support with each IRMA D. BREMER.

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